Spirotox test - Spirostomum ambiguum acute toxicity test

Small-Scale Freshwater Toxicity Investigations: Volume 1 - Toxicity Test Methods

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 299-322

  Nałecz Jawecki, Grzegorz ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

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EID: 84889962441     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/1-4020-3120-3_9     Document Type: Chapter

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